Do mature age people really want to settle down again?

I would like to be able to have a partner to share life with. I have been too busy raising kids and working to put the effort into finding a partner. Now I have forgotten how! I am OK alone, but I would enjoy not being alone all of the time.

Well, having a special someone in your life is a wonderful thing. I have a special someone who I share every morning with. My wife is such a joy to me.

Never again.

Too much water under the bridge for older people.

Too many obstacles in the way, like too many partners, drug useage, and medical problems.

The only way i would consider this would to find a 20 year old virgin.

That will never happen.

Some never "settled down" in the first place. Independence is a survival skill for some people, especially those who found they could absolutely rely on themselves but no one else.

There is nothing better when you look across a room , table, bed where ever you are and the person looking back loves you.

Yes if I found someone who loved me and I loved them back then I would take the risk of committing to them.


I love my single life, but I miss loving someone and I miss being loved... it's worth trying for, I do not believe we are meant to be alone.

I am a woman who will be 50 in twenty days. I am not sure I am mature but...well, if I met the right person I would settle down again.

Hope he finds me because I am not really looking just hoping to be found haha

i would settle down again as you call it if i found the right partner that is worth giving up all the benefits of being single.

Both my parents where in 15 year + marriages and got diivorced. My mothers ex husband cheated on her after a 15 year marriage and got another women pregnant. My fathers ex wife thought he was to angry so she left him. Then my parents met and got married and when they had me my father was 46. So my mom got a 13 year old step son and then me a new born. They both are happy now and I think that no matter what age in your life you can find a partner. I am now married and have a daughter and when I think about my days as a elderly I hope to be spending it with my loved one. I cerntainly dont want to be old and be all alone.

That all depends if they want to give up their freedom. If they value and truly enjoy their freedom, they wouldn't "settle down". But note, some people that are settled down are not so mature just because they have they "settled down" title like married people, some think they're single.

I think probably most people who ARE mature would prefer to settle down. The "rat race" can get a little tiring as you get older!

Some do because they do not want ot be alone and others would rather just stay alone as they do not feel they will be able to replace the lost one and do not realize you are ont replacing them, but adding to your life.

Life after a 20 year marriage means learning to survive on your own in all ways. Adapting to a new partner can mean having to unlearn some of those skills, it's really hard for me to give up that independence.

Anyone would be happy to find a compatible partner, no matter what their age. It's very difficult to live in this day and age on one income.

I suspect those who say they are better off alone would make lousy partners, and they are well aware of it.